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Spain: R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count
70,281Head count · 2024+31.1% since 2014
Eurostat table rd_p_perssci. R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector (Head count). Annual figures for Spain from 1985 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (Head count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70,281 | |
| 2023 | 67,361 | |
| 2022 | 65,898 | |
| 2021 | 63,924 | |
| 2020 | 60,791 | |
| 2019 | 60,309 | |
| 2018 | 58,837 | |
| 2017 | 58,497 | |
| 2016 | 57,459 | |
| 2015 | 56,963 | |
| 2014 | 53,615 | |
| 2013 | 53,671 | |
| 2012 | 56,338 | |
| 2011 | 58,172 | |
| 2010 | 58,815 | |
| 2009 | 60,709 | |
| 2008 | 55,422 | |
| 2007 | 50,695 | |
| 2006 | 46,725 | |
| 2005 | 43,946 | |
| 2004 | 39,499 | |
| 2003 | 35,306 | |
| 2002 | 31,536 | |
| 2001 | 31,645 | |
| 2000 | 29,683 | |
| 1999 | 28,851 | |
| 1997 | 25,620 | |
| 1995 | 22,562 | |
| 1994 | 23,497 | |
| 1993 | 24,428 | |
| 1992 | 24,453 | |
| 1991 | 24,746 | |
| 1990 | 23,883 | |
| 1989 | 21,769 | |
| 1988 | 21,078 | |
| 1987 | 18,550 | |
| 1986 | 14,126 | |
| 1985 | 11,266 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D and sex: Government sector, Total, Total, Total, Head count. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-rd-p-perssci-gov-total-t-total-hc (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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